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• MAChoro
• Placido Domingo
• Velvet Ruby

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Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MAChoro
Exhibition name: Velvet Ruby

Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1985).
Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand) in 1990 as 'Waikato'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Red, lighter reverse.  Mild, opinions vary fragrance.  up to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, exhibition, formal, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  

Bushy, upright.  Large, matte, medium green foliage.  

Height: 47" (120cm).  

USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for exhibition.  Rain tolerant.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  

Waikato - Machoro. Nicknamed Horowhenua.

New Zealand - Patent No: 676  on  22 May 1992
Application No: ROS344  on  24 May 1990
United States - Patent No: PP 8,953  on  25 Oct 1994   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/148,825  on  4 Nov 1993

The American patent says 40 petals, but most references comment on "few petals".